It depends on what type of caterpillar you are talking about. For instance, the woolly bear (or worm) stays in its cocoon from an average of ten to fifteen days. There are oth â¦ er ranges, of course, but that is because woolly bear caterpillars are so common throughout the world.
Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance.
1 The average kinetic energy of the molecules does not change with time (as long as the temperature of the gas remains constant). 2  Energy can be transferred between molecules during collisions (but the collisions are perfectly elastic). 3  The average kinetic energy of the molecules is proportional to absolute temperature.